13 Dec
2001
13 Dec
'01
6:02 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Ben Franchuk wrote:
Remember Linux too needs lots of memory. With >16
meg on a video card
your OS needs about 16x that. It is the video display that is the
killer.
BZZZT!! Wrong.
Linux *likes* lots of memory. I can show you X running on a 386SX with
12M and a 1M video card. Not just a demo; that's my friend's firewall.
Of course, it's a LOT more fun on an Athlon XP with a 64M GeForce & .5G
RAM....
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